Luke 18:9
And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of LORD, ye who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy. But it is those who shall be put to shame.
Luke 10:29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Luke 15:29But having answered, he said to his father, Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and I never passed by a commandment of thine, and yet thou never gave me a goat that I might be merry with my friends.
Luke 18:11Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
John 7:47The Pharisees therefore answered them, Have ye not also been led astray?
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9
The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →